WorldFloraDB - Euphorbia inermis

Characteristics

Glabrous succulent, 70-200 mm high, with truncate stem 30-100 mm thick, projecting from ground up to 60 mm, with many spreading, cylindrical branches 40-400 x 6-12 mm on sides sometimes with persistent dried-out peduncles, grey-green. Leaf-rudiments 1-3 x 1 mm, ovate. Cyathia on stout, often deciduous peduncle 3-5 mm long, 8-13 mm in diam.; glands 5, dark green, outer margins with antler-like white processes. Flowering time Sept.-Dec. Capsule 5-6 mm in diam., glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

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Like E. caput-medusae but branches thinner, 10-12 mm diam., cyathia smaller, 8-9 mm diam., with many conspicuous bracteoles among flowers giving it a woolly appearance, and glands with white processes.

A succulent herb. It grows 50 cm wide and the branches are 25 cm long. They spread out like fingers from a central stem. These have white flowers that have a scent.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.14 - 0.25

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It suits USDA hardiness zone 9a to 11b.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	roots
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:346898-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000962718
COL ID	6GZ9D
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Euphorbia inermis Euphorbia viperina Euphorbia inermis var. huttonae Euphorbia inermis var. inermis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Euphorbia inermis Mill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Euphorbia